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- Winds from the powerful Typhoon Trami are battering southwestern Japan. The storm could make landfall on the main islands on Sunday.
- NHK has learned that at least 59 people were injured as of 1:00 p.m. on Sunday in Okinawa and Kagoshima Prefectures as Typhoon Trami barreled through the area.
- The operator of Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture says it will shut down the airport’s 2 runways at 11 A.M. on Sunday due to the approaching Typhoon Trami.
- Typhoon Trami is bringing strong winds to Okinawa Prefecture and the Amami Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan.
- The operator of Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, is considering temporarily closing 2 runways as early as Sunday morning due to the approaching typhoon.
- Three-meter high tsunami waves hit the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia after Friday’s powerful earthquake.
- Officials at a ministerial-level meeting of U.N. Security Council member nations have discussed North Korea.
- The United Nations’ human rights body has urged Myanmar’s government to cooperate in its investigation into the suspected persecution of Rohingya Muslims.
- Japan and China have agreed to increase efforts toward a productive visit to China by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next month.
- Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump have agreed to start discussions on expanding trade between their countries.
- Prime Minister Abe has urged Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to abide by the 2015 nuclear accord despite the U.S.’ exit from the landmark deal.
- The International Monetary Fund has agreed to increase and accelerate financial support for Argentina.
- Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed his determination to promote free trade and to hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in his speech at the U.N. General Assembly.
- Japan’s trade minister has expressed hope that reform of the World Trade Organization will convince the United States to follow international rules.
- A senior Japanese government official has held talks with a high-ranking diplomat in China, apparently for the prime minister to visit the country as early as next month.
- U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested that his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place soon and be held in a location other than Singapore.
- Japan-U.S. ministerial talks on bilateral talks are expected to take place in New York on Tuesday, one day later than originally scheduled.
- U.S. media said on Monday that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein offered his resignation to the White House Chief of Staff John Kelly.
- Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he has confirmed close cooperation with U.S. President Donald Trump to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
- The United States has slapped its largest-ever round of tariffs on imports from China.
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps has pledged vengeance for a deadly attack on a military parade.
- People in the Maldives are going to polling stations on Sunday for the presidential election.
- The Vatican and China have reached a provisional agreement on the appointment of bishops.
- The oil producers of the world will meet to discuss how to deal with the supply shortfall as Iran’s production declines.
- The General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency has unanimously adopted a resolution urging North Korea to take substantial actions toward denuclearization.
- The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stressed the importance of multilateralism as he paid tribute to the late former U.N. chief, Kofi Annan.
- W.H.O. says excessive consumption of alcohol kills about 3-million people every year globally, mainly due to traffic accidents and violence.
- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will reshuffle his cabinet and key posts in the main governing Liberal Democratic Party as early as October 1st.
- The U.N. secretary-general says he will carefully watch the expected talks between the United States and North Korea.
- Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture fully reopened on Friday.